“Please explain” Crossword Clue

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“Please explain” Crossword Answer

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HOWSO

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WHY

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IDONTSEEIT

(10 letters)

PRAYTELL

(8 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

EXPLAIN (verb)
1. serve as a reason or cause or justification of
2. make plain and comprehensible
PLEASE (verb)
1. give pleasure to or be pleasing to
2. be the will of or have the will (to)

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

HOWSO
(5 letters)
WHY
(3 letters)
IDONTSEEIT
(10 letters)
PRAYTELL
(8 letters)

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More LA Times Crossword (5/12/2024) Answers

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1. Letters and such

5. S. Korean gaming spot

11. Boxing __

15. Manager

19. Patron saint of sailors

20. Responsible (for)

21. Pay (up)

22. Doozy

23. Toys that may improve dexterity

24. Zombie armada?

27. Make grooves in

29. Baby's noise

30. Winged figure in Christian art

31. Bad press?

38. Marsh plant

40. Salivation stimuli

41. Book after Joel

42. Rhubarb dessert

43. Object of veneration

44. New York Dolls genre

45. Dog's bane

49. Scary place?

55. Ultradevoted fans

57. Fetch

58. Like a fashionable arrival

60. Shred

61. Grandmother, affectionately

62. Elk

65. Get in the way of

66. Mandible

69. Square dance halls?

72. Lounging spot

73. Good for growing

76. Elite groups

77. Disney queen whose powers are similar to Jack Frost's

80. Traveler's annoyance

81. Actress Jessica

82. Stay active

86. Implore

88. Faulty method?

92. Discombobulate

93. Bryn __: first U.S. college to offer graduate degrees to women

95. Lhasa ___

96. Many a noir hero

97. Top spot in Formula One

98. Says "hi" to

100. Word with rock or space

102. Instruction for putting away fishing tackle?

108. Tres plus cuatro

109. Irish actor Stephen

110. Color of corroded iron

113. Wash gardening clothes?

120. Capital of Fiji

121. "Bridgerton" actor ___-Jean Page

122. Like a class presentation

123. Evening affair

124. Place to tie up

125. C in C

126. Yard border, perhaps

127. Hit on the green

128. Sister of King Charles III

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1. Squad whose colors match the New York City flag

2. Scads

3. Like jumping without looking

4. On the wrong end of the score

5. Subject of a 2006 demotion

6. Movie theater

7. “Totally gnarly!”

8. Honor for David and Victoria Beckham: Abbr.

9. Iberian "Hello"

10. Rx order

11. Monopolized a conversation

12. With everything counted

13. Higher power?

14. "Golly!"

15. Mel who voiced Bugs Bunny

16. Intake opposite

17. Idle computer state

18. Belligerent

25. Finishes with buttercream, perhaps

26. __ and means

28. Hotshot

32. Exchange value

33. Miner's dream

34. "Break a leg!" preceder

35. Milk sweetener

36. Elicit an "OMG!"

37. "Gladiator" setting

38. Prod

39. German "a"

44. Free

45. Resell quickly

46. Ran with ease

47. Many a musical composition by Czerny

48. Colorado town near Snowmass

50. Bald eagle, e.g.

51. Coastal inlet

52. Happening place?

53. Actor Peters of the "X-Men" franchise

54. “Silas Marner” author

56. Humerus locale

59. Malleable metal

62. Wright brother

63. Like many drones

64. Sleepover duds, for short

65. British ___

66. Sour from experience

67. Big 52-Down

68. Strauss piece

70. Actor Holbrook

71. Got ready to drive

74. Minimal

75. Strong alkaline solution

78. Job for many an action hero

79. Situp muscles

81. In the least

82. Elements in live edge wood slabs

83. Complete devastation

84. Soothsayer

85. Village People song covered by the Minions

87. Wild and crazy

89. First name in the freezer aisle

90. Perform first

91. Not new

94. "Straight Outta Lynwood" singer

97. Ballad penner

98. Gym closet contents

99. Yes, ___!

100. Gives the go-ahead

101. Poodle pampering place

102. Grab power

103. NFLer supported by Sourdough Sam

104. Yard border, perhaps

105. Natives of the Central Plains

106. Sam of "Jurassic Park"

107. Microwaved

111. "I can't __"

112. Show gumption

115. Time often named for a leader

116. Baking soda amt.

117. "__ do __"

118. Bon mot deliverer

119. Morsel

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